Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 737 Taking advantage of the situation
When he saw Vladimir and Elena, Chu Xiangqian pretended to be surprised and hesitated for a few seconds, then looked at Xu Huizhen with a puzzled expression.

Xu Huizhen hurriedly introduced them. When Chu Xiangqian heard that the two were Lao Maozi, he smiled and reached out to shake hands with them.

Looking at their expressions, it was as if Tianchao and Polar Bear were still a family, with no disputes or conflicts at all.

To be honest, although Chu Xiangqian knew that China and the Polar Bear would have many conflicts in the next ten or twenty years, the experience of the two families resisting Europe and the United States together in the future really made Chu Xiangqian still have a good impression of the Polar Bear.

Of course, he will not forget that there are only interests between countries.

And since he knew that the two old men in front of him, a man and a woman, were deliberately approaching him, properly pretending not to be defensive about them could also be regarded as a way to paralyze his opponent.

So the first thing I spoke was Russian.

Chu Xiangqian’s Russian is actually quite good, but many people would never have thought that it would be Lao Jiang who taught him Russian.

When Uncle Jiang was young, he worked as an executioner in the capital's yamen. Later, after his misfortune, he followed Gong Er's biological father, Gong Baosen. He lived in the Northeast for more than twenty years and came into contact with all kinds of people.

Not only can I speak Mongolian, but I can also slowly learn Lao Maozi's words.

It's just that his accent is a bit thick, but it doesn't hinder communication with Lao Maozi, otherwise he wouldn't be able to buy the mink coat from Lao Maozi.

Chu Xiangqian studied with him intermittently for several months, and learned all the information in Lao Jiang's belly.

When Vladimir and Elena saw that Chu Qianqian could speak Russian and there was a hint of intimacy in his tone, they immediately felt good about him.

And just thinking about it, the two of them felt that it was normal for Chu Qianqian to know Russian.

In this era, it is not popular for Chinese people to learn English, but Russian is the trend.

With the help of polar bear experts, more people are learning Russian.

He also subconsciously became close to Chu Xiangqian.

Not only did she shake hands with Chu Qianqian, Elena also took the initiative to hug him.

While Xu Hui was really surprised, she couldn't help but wonder if Elena was attracted by Chu Xiangqian.

Zhao Di, who was following Chu Qianqian, cursed "shameless" in her heart.

After being polite and talking about the purpose of visiting, Chu Qianqian finally understood.

But he knew in his heart that Xu Huizhen's intention was to take care of his own face and reputation, and Vladimir and Elena were 100% taking the opportunity to get close to him.

But Chu Xiangqian actually wanted to get in touch with the two of them.

Busy said that he was actually very interested in polar bear vodka.

Vladimir was overjoyed and hurriedly went out and took out a bottle of vodka from the box he carried in the car.

Chu Qianqian's eyes lit up when he saw that the logo was actually a white whale.

Although this brand is considered the most common alcohol brand in Polar Bear, within Polar Bear, it is not a good wine that ordinary people can drink casually.

Just drink Tianchao's Moutai and Wuliangye, which can be easily purchased at supply and marketing cooperatives. However, in rural supply and marketing cooperatives, these two kinds of wine are actually very few.

Even the supply and marketing cooperative where the second aunt works, Maotai is not open to selling.

In other words, there is only so much every month, and you may not be able to buy it if you want to. Not to mention the towns below.

Moreover, Beluga Vodka can be traced back to the Tsarist period. A few decades later, an auction house auctioned a box of 6 bottles of old wine from 1913 and sold a record of 19 US dollars.

The average price per bottle was more than 3 US dollars, which was considered a high price at the time.

Therefore, Chu Xiangqian was not surprised at all when Vladimir quoted US$4.5 a bottle, and even thought it was cheap.

Of course, Chu Xiangqian had no interest in ordinary Beluga Vodka.

He never thought about hoarding vodka and sending it to auction houses in the future.

This thing is the same reason why many wealthy people purchase some red wine from the four major wineries every year and keep it in their home cellar.

When guests come and drink from it, not only does it gain face, but maybe it will lead to business because of a few bottles of good wine.

So Chu Xiangqian really wanted to collect some good polar bear wine.

As for mid- to low-grade vodka.

As he started doing business with the polar bear, and the transaction volume increased little by little, the polar bear himself was unwilling to be disadvantageous to investors like Chu Xiangqian.

It was like setting up a protective shield for Chu Qianqian himself in disguise.

Secondly, mid- to low-grade vodka can be sold to the dwarves in Middle-earth.

I bought hundreds of boxes from Hong Kong Island before and took a bottle of gin for only 3 Hong Kong dollars to Stromgarde as a benefit for the dwarf patrols of Stromgarde and the dwarf goat cavalry to try.

Unexpectedly, dwarves don't drink all kinds of strong drinks.

This is probably the same as Chinese people who have been accustomed to drinking Tianchao Baijiu since childhood and always feel that whiskey and vodka taste wrong.

The elves also dislike dry red wine, which is a tasteless wine. On the contrary, sweet white wine is favored by the elves.

To put it bluntly, elves don't care about sugar intake.

Even things that I think are sweet are only for rich people. Of course, elves are indeed not short of money. Even the income of the lowest level is still comparable to that of a small human noble.

But social productivity is only so small, and even elves can’t eat sugar whenever they want.

But this little girl, Luna, has had to drink several glasses of wine every day since Chu Xiangqian brought hundreds of boxes of sweet white wine to Stromgarde.

Fortunately, elves rarely have fat people, otherwise Chu Xiangqian would be worried that Luna would be like the old girl if she stayed in Stromgarde for a long time.

She was fair-skinned, beautiful and long-legged when she was young, but became a tank when she was middle-aged.

If Chu Qianqian was in Stromgarde, Luna would ask the maid to open several bottles every time she ate.

As a result, Chu Xiangqian had to buy a batch of sweet white and sweet red wine from Hong Kong Island every month to take to Stromgarde.

Even if the wine purchased is not a big brand of wine, there are thousands of elves in Stromgarde. Even if each bottle only costs 1 dollar, it still costs thousands.

And Chu Xiangqian didn't think so, and let the wine merchants of Okanagan earn the money.

Even though the wines of Kangaroo are cheaper than those of England and France.

So Chu Xiangqian couldn't help but remember that polar bears have a lot of honey, and it's very cheap.

Purchasing honey or mead from them is not only liked by elves, but also by dwarves and northern humans.

At the same time, you can sell mead and vodka to several elves and dwarf lords, earn a lot of gold coins, and deepen your relationship with elves and dwarves.

In the future, when the trade route with the human kingdom in the south is opened, it will also be possible to trade with the human race.

Therefore, when Chu Xiangqian saw the appearance of Vladimir and Elena, not only was he not worried that the polar bears would be detrimental to him, but he felt that the polar bears were his important suppliers.

Chu Xiangqian asked Zhaodi to get four cups, poured one-third of a cup of Beluga Vodka, clinked glasses with Xu Huizhen, Vladimir and Elena, and tasted it lightly.

Immediately, I felt that the wine was indeed strong enough, and it had almost no taste in the mouth, but when the wine entered my stomach, a burst of anger rushed straight to my forehead.

At the same time, I also felt that this wine was somewhat similar in taste to dwarf spirits. Pretending to feel good, he drank a few more sips, then put down the glass and said to Vladimir with a smile.

"I feel good about this wine, but what I want now is not just a few boxes, but..."

In the middle of speaking, Chu suddenly glanced at Xu Huizhen, looked forward to Zhao Di and said, "I heard that Boss Xu's pickles are one of the best in the capital.

You take Boss Xu to Sister Tao and discuss buying some pickles from the Xu family to make porridge for the master and his wife.

If the mistress and master like it, they will order some from Boss Xu every month from now on. "

After hearing this, Xu Huizhen muttered in her heart that all the pickles were nonsense and she was just trying to get rid of herself.

But Xu Huizhen was worried that Chu Qianqian thought the vodka was expensive. Now that he was satisfied, Xu Huizhen didn't want to continue to get involved, lest it cause trouble that she couldn't solve.

And this is considered business coming to your door, which is a good thing.

As for the issue of private individuals not being allowed to buy and sell, that was aimed at Chinese people. Xu Hui really knew that there were several Hong Kong Islanders living in Chu Xiangqian's yard.

He stood up and said hello to Chu Qianqian, Vladimir and Elena, and followed Zhao Di out.

Chu Xiangqian then continued, "I want 1 boxes of Beluga Vodka. If you have mead and sweet wine, there are boxes of the same kind, but the delivery location is on Hong Kong Island."

Vladimir and Elena were ecstatic after hearing this.

The two looked at each other and saw that the other agreed to the business. Vladimir nodded immediately, "No problem. The total price of 1 boxes of Beluga Vodka is US$2.7. And if you want this kind of wine in the future, it will still be US$4.5 a pop." bottle.

But for mead and sweet wine, we can’t tell you the price yet.

After all, there are many brands with different origins. We will try to have a batch of samples of various brands shipped by air within one week so that you can try them in person and then negotiate the price.

As for the issue of delivery," Vranimir thought for a while and decided to facilitate the business first. "The balance will be paid upon delivery, but 20% of the deposit will be paid first. "

Chu Xiangqian instantly guessed that Lao Maozi, like the Celestial Empire, also lacked foreign exchange.

In other words, the family behind Vladimir, or the backers of the family, need foreign exchange.

It's right to think about it, Lao Maozi's high-level enjoyment style has always been popular.

Even in the defense of Moscow, the most difficult period, there were still upper-level officials who dared to do evil.

Since the mid-1950s, the demand for high-end European and American luxury goods and fine wines has skyrocketed dozens of times.

But these things are indeed very expensive, so for foreign exchange, as long as there is no loss of money, the arms can be sold to Chu Xiangqian.

When Chu Qianqian saw this, he couldn't help but smile inwardly.

I went back to the Central Court, got a check from Standard Chartered, and signed a check for US$5400.

He handed it to Vladimir and said, "This is 20% as a deposit. You'd better deliver it to Hong Kong Island within a month."

Vladimir was a little hesitant at first. In theory, one month is enough to transport 1 boxes of vodka to the ship and sail to Hong Kong Island.

But Vladimir was worried that the meeting with his superiors might take ten and a half months to make a decision.

But Elena was confident enough to deliver the goods on time within a month.

At worst, they would use a transport plane to transport a thousand boxes of Beluga vodka and transport it to the capital first. Even though the acceptance of vodka in the capital was not ideal.

But generally speaking, there are still a lot of people who like wine.

After all, the capital of China and its surrounding areas have a population of seven million, and one in a thousand people likes vodka, which is a market of 7 people.

5 thousandths is tens of thousands.

When the vodka arrived in China, it was said that the wine was ordered by the Hong Kong Islanders who settled in the capital and shipped to Hong Kong Island for sale.

This can be regarded as expanding foreign trade exports and earning more foreign exchange.

Elena believed that the higher-ups would not be bothered by the small issue of using planes to transport this batch of vodka.

When the wine arrives in the capital, give it directly to Chu Xiangqian, and give him some polar bear gifts, which is enough to offset the shipping cost.

Moreover, when Chu Xiangqian receives the goods in Beijing, he can also collect the remaining 80% of the payment in person.

Once the balance arrives on time, nothing will be a problem for the polar bear.

Chu smiled forward, stood up and shook hands with Vladimir and Elena, "Happy cooperation, two comrades."

The two old men were also smiling. They not only shook hands with Chu Qianqian, but also hugged him again.

Chu Xiangqian directly rejected Vladimir, but he did not reject the embrace of this hairy girl Irina at all.

The two old men immediately understood that it was true that Chu Xiangqian was so astringent.

The two of them couldn't help but have the idea of ​​​​introducing and introducing several beautiful girls to him.

Polar bears have no shortage of beauties, and they are also extremely good at using beauty traps.

After Chu Xiangqian sent away the two old men and Xu Huizhen, he immediately called his second uncle.

Half an hour later, Xue Jianguo, who drove over, entered the courtyard with a dark face.

Seeing Chu Xiangqian sitting in the back room in the front yard, he hurriedly entered the temporary living room and asked about the two old men.

Vladimir and Irina have known Xu Huizhen for seven or eight years.

Before the public-private partnership, the two were frequent visitors to the tavern, so Xue Jianguo's team, although aware of their existence, observed and monitored them several times.

Seeing that the two of them just went to the tavern to have a few drinks and left without any intention of getting close to Chu Qianqian and his home, he relaxed the monitoring of them.

Unexpectedly, two people suddenly came to the door, which can be regarded as a dereliction of duty by Xue Jianguo and his team.

That's why Xue Jianguo's face turned as dark as black charcoal.

Fortunately, Chu Xiangqian knew that this was not his second uncle's problem, so he found him first to avoid being punished by his chief assistant and his immediate superior, Tang Lianxin.

However, scolding or demerits are inevitable.

The two discussed it for more than an hour, then called the office, and then called Old Man Tang.

As expected, Chu Xiangqian and Xue Jianguo entered the palace overnight.

But there is no need to worry too much about this matter. Chu Xiangqian analyzed it and found that not only Xue Jianguo and Tang Lianxin looked at him differently.

Even the chief assistant felt that it was necessary to listen to Chu Xiangqian's opinions on some issues involving polar bears in the future.

What he just said has shown that Chu Xiangqian understands the upper levels of polar bears far better than many comrades who specialize in polar bears.

And this also shows that Chu Xiangqian has long been paying attention to polar bears and is even consciously collecting information about them.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to be so sure that polar bears are short of foreign exchange, and even less likely to understand the prevalence of polar bears enjoying themselves.

As for the issue of Chu Xiangqian being noticed by the polar bear, the chief assistant thought over and over again and agreed to Chu Xiangqian's plan to use money to corrupt some of the polar bear's top executives and protect himself in disguise.

(End of this chapter)